MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop G Headquarters-P.O. Box 10-Willow Springs, MO 65793


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121, ext. 225
G-08104
August 19, 2010

EMPHASIS: Troop G Releases Results Of DWI Saturations


Captain Dwayne F. Isringhausen, commanding officer of Troop G, releases the following information:

A total of 14 arrests and 11 warnings were issued in conjunction with a DWI saturation conducted in Texas County on July 30, 2010. The designated highways for this saturation were U.S. Highway 63, Missouri Route 17, and Missouri Route 137. Totals from this saturation include:

2 -- misdemeanor DWI arrests
2-- speed summonses
3 -- seat belt summonses
1-- other hazardous moving violation summons
5 -- non-moving summonses
1 -- driver’s license summons

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A total of 25 arrests and 28 warnings were issued in conjunction with a DWI saturation conducted in Douglas and Ozark counties on June 26, 2010. The designated highways for this saturation were U.S. Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 160. Totals from this saturation include:

10-- speed summonses
5 -- seat belt summonses
1 -- following too close summons
1-- other hazardous moving violation summons
1 -- non-moving summons
2 -- driver’s license summonses
1 -- uninsured motorist summons
4-- felony drug arrests

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A total of 20 arrests and 41 warnings were issued in conjunction with a DWI saturation conducted in Howell County on August 13, 2010. The designated highways for this saturation were U.S. Highway 63, U.S. Highway 160, Missouri Route 14, and Missouri Route 17. Totals from this saturation include:

8 -- speed summonses
4 -- seat belt summonses
1 -- child restraint summons
1 -- other hazardous moving violation summons
2 -- non-moving summonses
2 -- driver's license summonses
2 -- uninsured motorist summonses


Captain Isringhausen says, “The motoring public has been very supportive of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s efforts to make our roads safer through the use of sobriety checkpoints and saturations. Nobody wants to share the road with a drunk, drugged, or otherwise unsafe driver.”

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